Superdelegates Flock to Obama
The drip, drip of superdelegate gains to Obama increased into a stream following the May 6 primaries in Indiana and North Carolina (and to a torrent in the first few days of June).
Based primarily on Obama for America postings. Not a complete list but does show most of them. Note that in May the number of superdelegates increased by two with the election to Congress of
Don Cazayoux  in the May 3 special election in Louisiana and Travis Childers in the May 13 special election in Mississippi.

May 31 - former Clark County Commissioner Yvonne Gates (NV)
May 31 - DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting sets new math: 2,118 rather than 2,026.

May 30 - State Democratic Chair Boyd Richie and DNC member Betty Richie (TX)   ...42, 41 to go

May 29 - Congressman Jim Mollohan (WV)   ...43 to go
May 29 - Gail Rasmussen, vice-president of the Oregon Education Association and an at-large member of the DNC (OR)   ...44 to go
May 29 - Wayne Kinney of Bend (OR)   ...45 to go

May 28 - Senator Ben C. Pangelinan (GU)   ...46 to go
May 28 - State Democratic Chair Meredith Wood Smith (OR) in The Oregonian  ...47 to go
May 28 - State Democratic Chair Pat Waak (CO)   ...48 to go?

May 27 - State Democratic Vice Chair Nancy Drummond (WY)   ...48 to go?

May 24 - add on delegates: Georgia State Party Secretary Stephen Leeds, Wyoming state Rep. W. Patrick Goggles, and former Alaskan Governor Tony Knowles  
...52 to go

May 23 - Jenny Greenleaf of Portland (OR) reported on Blue Oregon   ...56 to go

[Also on May 23 Edwards NH delegates Peter Burling and Deborah Nelson].

May 23 - Congressman Jim Costa (CA) and Congressman Dennis Cardoza (CA)   ...60, 59 to go

May 21 - State Democratic Chair Wayne Dowdy (MS)   ...61 to go
May 21 - Congressman Joe Courtney (CT)   ...62 to go

[Oregon and Kentucky primaries, pick up of 31 delegates from Oregon and 14 from Kentucky].

May 20 - Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo (GU)   ...107 to go
May 20 - State Democratic Chair Scott Brennan (IA)   ...108 to go

May 19 - Cindy Spanyers and Blake Johnson (AK)   ...110, 109 to go
May 19 - State Democratic Chair Larry Gates (KS)   ...111 to go
May 19 - Senator Robert Byrd (WV)   ...112 to go

May 18 - State Democratic Chair Dwight Pelz (WA)   ...113 to go

May 17 - Greg Pecoraro (MD)   ...119.5 to go

May 16 - Congressman Pete Stark (CA)  ...120.5 to go

[former Sen. John Edwards endorsed Obama on the evening of May 14 and some of his 19 pledged delegates went to Obama].

May 15 - CWA President Larry Cohen (DC)  ...129.5 to go
May 15 - Congressman Henry Waxman (CA) and Congressman Howard Berman (CA)   ...131.5, 130.5 to go
May 15 - Congressman Jim McDermott (WA)  ...132.5 to go

May 14 - State Senator Lena Taylor (WI)   ...133.5 to go
May 14 - Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Morgan/DLCC (OK)  ...134.5
May 14 - College Democrats President Lauren Wolfe (MI)* and Vice President Awais Khaleel (WI)  ...135.5 to go
May 14 - Democrats Abroad Chair Christine Schon Marques   ...136.5
May 14 - Congressman Pete Visclosky (IN)  ...137 to go

[West Virginia primary, pick up of 8 delegates].

May 13 - Former Colorado Governor and DNC Chair Roy Romer  reported by ABC News  ...146 to go
May 13 - Democratic Chair Anita Bonds (DC)
May 13 - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin (LA)   ...148 to go
May 13 - Congressman Joe Donnelly (IN)  ...149 to go

May 12 - State Democratic Chair Keith Roark (ID)   ...150 to go
May 12 - Senator Daniel Akaka (HI)   ...151 to go
May 12 - Dolly Strazar (HI)   ...152 to go
May 12 - Congressman Tom Allen (ME)  ...?154or153 to go

May 11 - Crystal Strait (CA)  ...155 to go

May 10 - Congressman Harry Mitchell (AZ)   ...156 to go
May 10 - Carole Burke (VI) and Kevin Rodriquez (VI), KR switch from Clinton    ...157 to go

May 9 - Congresswoman Mazie Hirono (HI)   ...160 to go
May 9 - Laurie Weahkee (NM)   ...161 to go
May 9 - State Democratic Vice Chair Wilbur Lee Jeffcoat (SC)   ...162 to go
May 9 - Ed Espinoza (CA)   ...163 to go
May 9 - Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR)  ...165
May 9 - AFGE President John Gage (MD)  
May 9 - Congressman Donald Payne (NJ), switch from Clinton  reported The Star-Ledger   ...166
May 9 - Joe Johnson (VA)
May 9 - Vernon Watkins (CA)

May 8 - Congressman Brad Miller (NC)
May 8 - Congressman Rick Larsen (WA)


Meanwhile
In addition to delegates gained in the primaries, Clinton did pick up a number of additional delegates in May and early June:
June 3 - (automatic) Cindy Nunley (WY).
June 2 - (automatic) State Democratic Chair Chris Whittington (LA).
June 2 - (automatic) Irene Stein (NY).
May 30 - (automatic) former Congressman Buddy Leach (LA).
May 29 - (automatic) Eileen Macoll, vice chair of the Washington State Democratic Party (WA).
May 27 - (automatic) Kevin Rodriquez (USVI).
May 24 - (automatic) Verna Cleveland (GA).
May 22 - (automatic) Guam Democratic Party Chair Pilar Lujan (GU).
May 20 - (automatic) Craig Bashein of Hunting Valley (OH).
May 20 - (automatic) Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (MA).
May 14 - (automatic) Vicky Harwell of Pulaski, president of the Tennessee Federation of Democratic Women (TN).
May 10 - (automatic) Arthur Powell (MA).
May 8 - (super) U.S. Rep. Chris Carney (PA).
May 3 - (automatic)
former Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (MD).
May 2 - (super) Jaime Gonzalez Jr, attorney from McAllen (TX).
May 1- (automatic) John Olsen, president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO and former Democratic State Party chair (CT).



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